Yes, it is CHANGE we need.

Note: Before reading, please keep in mind that I am not meaning to insult anyone, and if you are too conservative you have every right not to read this. But I feel that a lot of people suffer with the frustrations that I have put in this very blog, and maybe someone can get a little insight from this.

I'm getting so tired of the negative campaign being waged by the McCain-Palin camp this year. It's desperation. Everywhere I look I hear people making racist and degrading comments, and not one word these people say has anything to do with the issues. If I read one more hate-filled email about Barack "Hussein" Obama, I will scream. And then they say that Dems are un-Christianlike? Well, if your version of Christianity is completely hate-based. Please don't take that the wrong way, because I have met plenty of Christians who uphold their faith but still take time to think for themselves and really choose what they think is truly right and moral. Sometimes, and only sometimes, do I see Christians who are actually Democrats because they care about the poor, the disabled, or the environment which is God's hallowed creation that is getting stripped away acre by acre. Mostly, I just see a bunch of people blindly following the Republican party because their pastor told them Democrats are baby killers. Which is a ridiculous notion at best. The truth is, Republicans know this is the linch-pin for certain voters. They've never made any progress on the pro-life front. They just keep giving promises that keep the votes coming in. It would seem they want to stop everyone from making their own decisions about their own lives, but they want the "Big Wigs" of the world to run amuck with what they call freedom.
Today I experienced true inspiration. Joe Biden spoke to the few Democratic-leaning citizens of Springfield at Jordan Valley Park. What I experienced was not a mud-slinging pile of negative poop aimed at discrediting the competition. There was no need for it. Because the Democrats have a plan that won't just be a recreation of the last pitiful 8 years (although the Republicans are desperately trying to spin it to where it's all Clinton's fault...) They recognize that it is the middle class that is the pivotal base for the American economy. When you strip away the middle class's ability to take care of themselves, you strip away their jobs and their ability to feed their families, then there is no American economy. McCain would enact the same fruitless policies that keep the rich rolling in the dough and the poor (and the failing middle class, of course) shedding more and more tears because they are afraid. They are afraid to even get out of bed in the morning because they don't know what the day will bring.
A person I know, who I never realized was AS heartless as I thought he was, posted a ridiculous new bill of rights re-write aimed at the "liberal bed-wetters" as I believe the post called those like myself. In a nutshell it said that he and his kind don't owe the rest of us anything. They should reap the benefits of the things they "earned" and I should just have to die, because I'm liberal scum trying to milk everything I can get out of the system, and of course it added that there's no possible way that any of us "disillusioned" liberals have worked for anything we think we're entitled to. Newsflash, buddy. I HAVE worked for everything I have gotten out of this country. I have supported the troops, I have supported the American way of life, and I have put my own hard-earned money into systems that I feel should be a base of support for me. I have put my faith in a government that I hoped would take care of me because I am working VERY HARD to take care of it. I serve my country every day, and you're right, I AM insulted by the fact that you would ever claim that myself and others like me would ever just sit back and let YOU, many of whom were born into money and have never suffered over the cost of a gallon of milk, tell me that I'm unworthy of the support of my country. The way I see it, as a community, as one country, we should all WANT to take care of one another. We should all WANT to see our neighbors succeed in life. You who write unpatriotic and cold-hearted trash such as that I was forced to read should be ashamed of turning your back on your fellow human beings. Barack Obama was recently criticized for declaring himself a citizen of America and a citizen of the world. Oh, yes, how DARE him ever consider himself a citizen of the world! What? So, Republicans wish to alienate our entire country from all the others, because why? We are better than everyone else? I see. That must be why you all think that you're more entitled to enjoying the benefits of the American system more than your rival Democrats. Because you are better than us.
From the Change We Need rally I took something away. Hope that we can put our faith in leaders that Americans in the majority, that is those who don't make 400,000 dollars a year, can trust to work for us. Hope that I can wake up next year without the feeling of dread that I may never be able to attain my dreams because I simply can't afford them. Sorry I wasn't born into wealth and luxury, but I was born happy. And I was born working hard. I was born learning from my mistakes and being taught that I can accomplish anything with a little faith and effort. And that has all been stripped away as I see Americans ascribing to ideas that put us all in a medieval-type caste system. I don't have money so I don't deserve anything. What a sad reality. And I won't buy it. That's why in November I will be casting my vote for someone who believes that I am worthy of being fought for. I will cast my vote for a man who believes that his country (his ENTIRE counntry, not just the wealthiest 1%) deserve his attention and his time. And I refuse to believe that every American is as selfish, shallow and cold-hearted as those I've had the displeasure of knowing. No matter what party you support, think about why you hold those values. If those reasons are sound, I applaud you (and I repeat, no matter WHAT PARTY). I don't mean to insult Republicans in this rant of mine, only a select few, and these are people I have chosen to no longer associate with. They talk of liberal radicals... if they only could see themselves.

Thanks for the time,
Amy